The Parable of the Great Banquet
Luk 14:12 Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.
Luk 14:13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
Luk 14:14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Luk 14:15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
Luk 14:16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.
Luk 14:17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
Luk 14:18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
Luk 14:19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
Luk 14:20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
Luk 14:21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
Luk 14:22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
Luk 14:23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.
Luk 14:24 I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.'”